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Prototype heavy-lift helicopter, largest rotor at 39.6 m Mil Mi-6: 5 June 1957: 44 t: 926 Heavy transport helicopter, 35 m rotor Mil V-12 or Mi-12 10 July 1968: 105 t: 2 Largest prototype helicopter, 2 × 35 m rotors Mil Mi-26: 14 December 1977: 56 t: 316 Heaviest serial production helicopter Fairey Rotodyne: 6 November 1957: 15 t 1 Largest ...
The Boeing Everett Factory, officially the Everett Production Facility, is an airplane assembly facility operated by Boeing in Everett, Washington, United States.It sits on the north side of Paine Field and includes the largest building in the world by volume at over 472 million cubic feet (13,400,000 m 3), which covers 98.3 acres (39.8 ha).
This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name. It contains the ICAO/common name, manufacturers name(s), country and other data, with the known years of operation in parentheses.
You can skip our detailed analysis of the aircraft industry’s outlook for 2021, and go directly to the Top 5 Aircraft Manufacturers in the World. The aviation industry has come a long way since ...
The following is a list of countries by exports of aircraft, including helicopters, and spacecraft (Harmonized System code 8802). Data is for 2023, in billions of United States dollars, as reported by International Trade Centre. Currently the top twenty countries are listed. Note: Export realized under secret code are not counted.
In September 2018, PwC ranked aerospace manufacturing attractiveness: the most attractive country was the United States, with $240 billion in sales in 2017, due to the sheer size of the industry (#1) and educated workforce (#1), low geopolitical risk (#4, #1 is Japan), strong transportation infrastructure (#5, #1 is Hong Kong), a healthy ...
The company's primary business is the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft but it also has separate defence and space and helicopter divisions. Airbus has long been the world's leading helicopter manufacturer and, in 2019, also emerged as the world's biggest manufacturer of airliners. [9] [10]
Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia: 1966–2010 Eurocopter AS350: 7,000 + [1] France: Airbus Helicopters H130: 1975–present Robinson R44: 6800+ United States [2] [3] 1993–present Bell 47: 5,600: United States